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COMMERCEHUB ENABLES STAPLES TO INTEGRATE & MANAGE SUPPLY CHAIN
CommerceHub to handle supplier integration and fulfillment management
CLIFTON PARK, NY - October 1, 2002 - CommerceHub, a leading provider of supply chain integration and management solutions for multi-channel retailers, announced today that Staples Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLS) has selected the CommerceHub platform and CommerceHub's remote fulfillment management solution Drop-Ship Master, enabling Staples to efficiently integrate its drop-ship suppliers, reduce inventory costs, and enhance customer service.
Staples will integrate with CommerceHub, which will act as a universal connection platform, enabling Staples to quickly and easily integrate new suppliers, without the technical challenges typically associated with connecting to many different partners. Staples will also deploy CommerceHub's Drop-Ship Master(, providing the company with visibility into orders from point of sale through delivery, as well as exception- based notifications to support high-level customer service.
"To meet our stringent inventory cost reduction goals and customer service requirements, we thoroughly reviewed several top supplier integration and order management vendors," said William Golden, Vice President Wholesale Merchandising at Staples, Inc. "CommerceHub clearly has the technology and team to help us achieve our objectives with our drop-ship suppliers, and we're very pleased to partner with them."
"Staples is a true industry leader that understands how to leverage technology to support business goals," said Frank Poore, CEO of CommerceHub. "We are proud to have been selected to assist them with excellent supplier integration and order management capabilities. This new partnership also validates the industry's trend towards virtually owned inventory."
About CommerceHub
CommerceHub is the #1 provider of drop-ship supplier integration and order management services for multi-channel retailers. The company's open and flexible translation platform enables retailers to electronically integrate with all of their suppliers regardless of differing systems and incompatibilities. CommerceHub also offers robust applications that simplify order management, and provide real-time visibility and control over transactions, so companies can improve their fulfillment performance, while reducing their costs. CommerceHub possesses deep domain expertise in supply chain management and drop-ship fulfillment, offering solutions to large retail clients including QVC, Target, Sears, and KB Toys.
About Staples
Staples, Inc. is an $11 billion retailer of office supplies, business services, furniture and technology to consumers and businesses from home-based businesses to Fortune 500 companies in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands and Portugal. Headquartered outside Boston, Staples invented the office superstore concept and today is the largest operator of office superstores in the world. The company has approximately 53,000 associates serving customers through more than 1,400 office superstores, mail order catalogs, e-commerce and a contract business. More information about the company is available at www.staples.com.
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